Another Acceptance! And help!

[valarltd]

All in the Merry Greenwood got picked up by Ellora's Cave!

Problem is, the title isn't sexy enough.

So, fiends and neighbors, I need some help. Naomi and I find ourselves at loose ends for a title.

Here's the premise:

It's a basic Robin Hood story, hitting all the set pieces: the Golden Arrow, entertaining the Sherrif of Nottingham in Sherwood, a rescue from Nottingham castle, etc. However, there's a twist.

When Good King Richard died, he entrusted care of his infant son to Sir David of Doncaster, saying to keep him safe, by any means necessary. Sir David traded his crusader tabard for skirts and raised Marion as a princess.

Now, Marion is of age. Her uncle, King John, needs to solidify his hold on the northlands because of the Barons' War. He wants her to marry Nottingham. And Robin wants Locksley and the lady and all.

All we've got is:
Men of Sherwood
Loosing the Shaft
Outlaw of Sherwood
Under Robin's Hood
A Crown of Oak
Summer is icumming in

Help!!!

I can promise naming a character after you in a forthcoming piece. And thank you very prettily in the prologue.

Comments

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

Congratulations you! You are on fire lately!!!!

I am a puddle of brain melt, but shall work on a title while I dream.

Also, if you and Naomi want to pimp books on my weekly pimp project, pls. do!!!!!! I really want to make this a nifty promo tool -- and I have plans that are quite squeeworthy from a marketing perspective.

[jlm121.livejournal.com]

it aint much but I all i've got is

Love, Lust, Lies and Locksley

And
Hiding Behind Skirts in Sherwood.

It all seems a little silent movie cards to me but it's what I could come up with.

[(Anonymous)]

The D-Man Checks In: Well let's have a bang at it, shall we?

Suggestions:

1.) The Secret Beneath The Skirts of Sherwood

2.) The Princess Who Was But Wasn't

3.) The Many Mysteries of Marion

4.) Where Hidden The Royal Scepter?

5.) The Golden Shaft In Sherwood & The Royal Shaft In Hiding

6.) Hidden Virtues

7.) For The Love of Marion, What Maiden This?

8.) The Trials & (At)tributes of Marion

9.) Of Merry Men & Maidenheads

10.) To Have & To Hold; The Long Lost Prince Comes Out.

11.) Nottingham Nix

12.) Chasing & Changing Skirts; The Unspoken Secret of Nottingham

13.) Lost & Found; A Maiden's Journey

14.) Dragon's Teeth, Virtue's Thief, The Golden Leaf, and What Lies Beneath

15.) (Re)covering The Family Jewels

[ravenskye8.livejournal.com]

hmmm - my first thought was to call it "All in the Sexy Greenwood" or, perhaps "All in the Sexy Sherwood"...

Locksley's Lady?

Marion's Men?

Naughty Nottingham?

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

Not that weak. Better than Manwich. (which is an actual title, but not mine)

[bittermint.livejournal.com]

Don't use Outlaw of Sherwood. There was another Robin Hood book by that title out a few years ago, written by (I believe) Robin McKinley. I don't know if it's still in print or not, but I'm sure people remember it.

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

I knew it sounded familiar when it came up in the discussion.

New Title

[(Anonymous)]

Falling in Love with a Frog

or

Marion's Secret

[flitshadowflame.livejournal.com]

Just thought I should point out - titles cannot be copyrighted. So just because there was another book or movie of the same title does not make it that author's property. Yes, an original title is probably best, but it's not illegal.

...And I think I read that one. I've read quite a few Robin Hoods.

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

It didn't make the short list.

We're hoping for "Crowned with Oak" but will settle for "Loosing the Shaft."

[bittermint.livejournal.com]

No, not illegal, but it's still not a good idea to reuse a title that's already been taken, especially for a book based on the same characters and themes.

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

And it's never a good idea to use a title that makes your co-author do That Face.

The one that looks like a cross between sucking lemons and sticking your tongue out.

[celestinenox]

=.= Because I am not a big fan (as you well know) of this whole "sexier, sexier, sexier!" movement, I will suggest going with A Crown of Oak, or something similar. Also like Love, Lust, Lies and Locksley, as recommended by jlm121.

[cinnastyx.livejournal.com]

The first title I thought of was "Hidden in the Shaded Glen" then came up with "Sex, Lies, & Merry Men" Neither of which are very sexy so, lastly, I offer "Under This Maiden's Skirts"

[hlglne.livejournal.com]

Helgaleena the minion hath a sweet ring...

What the Greenwood Hid

or

In Greenwood Hidden